A vacant office tower in the heart of Singapore shows how tough it’s become to lure even wealthy buyers. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4ncog0n

📷: Low De Wei/Bloomberg

Disney’s ABC network is taking Jimmy Kimmel Live off the air indefinitely amid a backlash to remarks the late-night host made about the killing of Republican activist Charlie Kirk. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4n9YZE7

📷: Randy Holmes/Disney/Getty Images

Chinese electric vehicle brands led by BYD are winning over European customers with sleek, high-tech models at competitive prices.

Now, a startup is looking to muscle in on a more modest market: micro cars. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3K8JUnB

📷: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

Chinese startups are accelerating brain implant trials, mounting a direct challenge to Elon Musk’s Neuralink. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3K8yi3W

📷: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

🚨 Happening Now: Trump has just changed the rules of global hiring by introducing a $100,000 fee to apply for an H-1B visa. The move is already sparking panic across the tech industry and US-based skilled immigrants.

Join Bloomberg’s Nasreen Seria, Eric Martin, Sankalp Phartiyal and Ruchi Bhatia for a Live Q&A on what it means for Indian tech, students and US hiring: https://bloom.bg/3VNWifr

Hong Kong’s bankers and traders hunkered down at home or booked hotels near the office as Super Typhoon Ragasa descended on the Asian financial hub. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4pCflH9

New Zealand appoints Sweden’s Anna Breman as the RBNZ’s first female governor in the central bank's 90-year history. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3W5oKcA

🎙️ President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have reached a tentative deal to secure TikTok’s future in the US.

On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, what could change for US-based users on the platform, and who had the upper hand at the negotiating table: https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel took a conciliatory tone in his return to TV, saying “it was never my intention to make light of the death of a young man.” Read more here: https://bloom.bg/46PB1YO

📷: Randy Holmes/Getty Images

Indian markets are reeling from Trump’s surging tariffs and H-1B visa chaos. Four financial experts weigh in on how to invest right now: http://bloom.bg/470Bh7n

📷: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg

Spot gold prices climbed above $4,000 an ounce for the first time, as concerns over the US economy and a government shutdown added fresh momentum to a scorching rally. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4mSssRG

📷: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg

"Digital arrests” are swindling Indians out of millions and leaving trauma in their wake. But they can be stopped, writes Bloomberg Opinion columnist Andy Mukherjee. More here: https://bloom.bg/4mXJXQH

📷: Elke Scholiers/Bloomberg

🚨 LIVE NOW: A wave of listings in India, from Tata Capital to LG, has made the country the world's fourth-largest IPO market this year. What’s next?

Bloomberg's Menaka Doshi, Lianting Tu, Rajesh Mascarenhas, Chiranjivi Chakraborty answer your questions in a Live Q&A. http://bloom.bg/4q916tB

🎙️ South Korean companies are offering workers up to $72,000 to have babies in an effort to boost the nation’s declining population.

Are cash incentives enough to solve the problem? We explore on on today’s Big Take Asia podcast: https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy

EXCLUSIVE: Apple plans to make new home hub devices and tabletop robots in Vietnam as it pivots away from China https://bloom.bg/4qbNzS2

📷: Samyukta Lakshmi/Bloomberg

China’s Victory Day parade in September showed off a new, uncrewed submarine the size of a semi-truck — meant to keep tabs on US vessels and seafloor cables — and shined a spotlight on Beijing’s investment in the undersea domain.

The US submarine industry, by contrast, is struggling to get out of drydock after years of delays, rising costs and a weakened industrial base https://bloom.bg/3LbJVHF

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Singapore now has one of the world's best pension systems according to a new global ranking, while India takes bottom spot. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4hbQ9Dj

📷: Lauryn Ishak/Bloomberg

A potentially “catastrophic” breach of US-based cybersecurity provider F5 has been blamed on state-backed hackers from China. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4o33tg3

📷: Chris Ratcliffe

Ex-Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, who’s in jail for corruption over the 1MDB scandal, may return to politics if he’s pardoned, his lawyer says. More here: https://bloom.bg/4qg9tn6

📷: Samsul Said/Bloomberg

Chen Zhi’s family office website describes the 37-year-old as a "young business prodigy." But US and UK authorities say he’s behind scam centers run by forced labor. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3JtzsXO

📷: Prince Holding Group

🎙️ Indian-based workers once supported American financial services firms. Now, they’re increasingly key to their operations.

On today’s Big Take Asia podcast: How India’s government is encouraging Wall Street firms to expand their footprint in India and how President Trump’s new visa policies could speed up the push: https://link.podtrac.com/4rorpntg